PUBLIC LAW 103-433—OCT. 31, 1994 108 STAT. 4513 SEC. 1102. DEFINITIONS. As used in this title, the term— (1) "Commission" means the Lower Mississippi Delta Development Commission established pursuant to Public I^aw 100- 460; (2) "Delta Initiatives Report" means the May 14, 1990 Final Report of the Commission entitled "The Delta Initiatives: Realizing the Dream... Fulfilling the Potential"; (3) "Delta Region" means the Lower Mississippi Delta Region including the 219 counties and parishes within the States of Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee, as defined in the Delta Initiatives Report, except that, for any State for which the Delta Region as defined in such report comprises more than half of the geographic area of such State, the entire State shall be considered part of the Delta Region for purposes of this title; (4) "Department" means the United States Department of the Interior, unless otherwise specifically stated; (5) "Historically Black College or University" means a college or university that would be considered a "part B institution" by section 322(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061(2)); (6) "minority college or university" means a Historically Black College or University that would be considered a "part B institution" by section 322(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061(2)) or a "minority institution" as that term is defined in section 1046 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1135d-5(3)); (7) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior, unless otherwise specifically stated. SEC. 1103. LOWER MISSISSIPPI DELTA REGION HERITAGE STUDY. (a) IN GENERAL. —The Secretary, in consultation with the States of the Delta Region, the Lower Mississippi Delta Development Center, and other appropriate Delta Region institutions, is directed to prepare and transmit to the Congress within three years after the date of the enactment of this title, a study of significant natural, recreational, historical or prehistorical, and cultural lands, waters, sites, and structures located within the Delta Region. This study shall take into consideration the research and inventory of resources conducted by the Mississippi River Heritage Corridor Study Commission. (b) TRANSPORTATION ROUTES.— (1) The study shall include recommendations on appropriate designation and interpretation of historically significant roads, trails, byways, waterways, or other routes within the Delta Region. (2) In order to provide for public appreciation, education, understanding, interpretation, and enjoyment of the significant sites identified pursuant to subsection (a), which are accessible by public roads, the Secretary shall recommend in the study vehicular tour routes along existing public roads linking such sites within the Delta Region. (3) Such recommendations shall include an analysis of designating the Great River Road (as depicted on the map entitled "Proposed Delta Transportation Network on pages 102-103 of the Delta Initiatives Report) and other sections of the Great River Road between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, Louisiana and an analysis of des-
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